You will serve as an INFORMATION SECURITY SPECIALIST in the National Security Directorate (NSD) of NCIS. All Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) positions are in the excepted service. This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status. This job opportunity announcement has a first cut-off 50 applicants. Once the first 50 applicants received the announcement will automatically close.

Duties

You will serve as an expert on matters involving access, classification, declassification and release of information, and the point of contact for NSD's information security. You will provide advice to senior management on procedures governing classification, declassification, downgrading, safeguarding, and handling of national security information. You will interpret U.S. law, Executive Orders, DoD, and DON policies and procedures, develop and recommend NCIS policies and security classification guides unique to NSD for the classification, declassification, and downgrading. You will implement or oversee implementation of new policies or guidelines and resolve conflicts between policy and procedures that conflicts with NSD’s mission. You will manage, plan, develop, implement, and maintain NSD’s Information Security Program. You will review and approve or disapprove the release of proposed information and review files and information related to sensitive personnel issues to identify inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of classified or highly sensitive information. You will report suspected or known unauthorized disclosures and provide recommendation to initiate formal investigations or other actions to mitigate damage caused by the disclosure. You will provide direction and guidance to Headquarter and field directorate to ensure NSD policy requirements are adhered to on day to day matters and discussions concerning the applicability and intent of pertinent regulatory guidance. You will develop and present agency-wide information security training pertaining to NSD programs.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You must acknowledge in writing that you are accepting an appointment in the excepted service which does not confer competitive status, prior to appointment.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Prior to appointment, you shall consent to and be subject to a Counterintelligence-Scope (CI) polygraph examination.

Qualifications

GS-12 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Interpreting and applying information security principles, theories, and methodologies to develop local policies and implement procedures conforming with national classification management objectives; Managing information security programs and recommending resolutions of major conflicts in policy and program objectives; and Resolving difficult and complex security problems between the information security program, overlapping and conflicting programs such as the Freedom of Information Act and the agency security information program. GS-11 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Performing studies of administrative and managerial processes and procedures to assess productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency of program operations; Analyzing results and making recommendations regarding studies of work processes and procedures; and Providing program and administrative support to the Division. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-admin.asp. Security Administration Series 0080 (opm.gov) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

GS-11: In lieu of specialized experience listed in the Qualifications section, applicants may qualify based on equivalent combination of education and experience, as follows:

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.M., if related

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (https://www.ed.gov/). Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Contacts

• Address NCIS 27130 Telegraph Road Quantico, VA 22134 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]